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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Maria's daughter?
(a) Maddie.
(b) Bailey.
(c) Phoebe.
(d) Layla.

2. Shuki is worried about Nathan meeting _________________.
(a) Taylor.
(b) Lippman.
(c) Bushman.
(d) Nelson.

3. What does Nathan worry may have killed Nathan?
(a) Being a cheater.
(b) Being depressed.
(c) Being married.
(d) Being a Jew.

4. Who once considered moving to Switzerland?
(a) Carol.
(b) Henry.
(c) Nathan.
(d) Wendy.

5. What is Maria's heritage?
(a) English.
(b) Italian.
(c) Swiss.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Henry's mistress?

2. What does Nathan think he should have told Lippman at dinner?

3. What instrument does Henry's daughter play at his funeral?

4. Who says their life in New Jersey was pointless and misdirected?

5. What is Henry's response when Nathan mentions the telephone call he had with Henry's daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Nathan's encounter with the woman with an American accent.

2. What happens to Henry eight months after his bypass surgery?

3. Discuss the insults Nathan and Henry give each other during their argument.

4. Discuss Henry's love life and who is involved.

5. What is the Wailing Wall? What are Nathan's thoughts about it?

6. Who is Nathan? What happens when Henry tries to get in touch with Nathan?

7. What happens when Nathan compares his father to Lippman?

8. Why does Henry leave town? Where does he go?

9. Who is Jimmy Ben-Joseph? Why does he like Nathan's writing?

10. Discuss the eulogy Carol gives at Henry's funeral.

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